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There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire.

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Do not lose hope - what you seek will be found.

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Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: I love you. You do not know me (although...more

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I really don't know what "I love you" means.I think it means "Don't leave me here alone.

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I will write in words of fire.I will write them on your skin.I will write about desire.Write beginnings, write of sin.You’re the book I love the best,...more

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I don't have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men.

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Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.

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I don’t think that I’ve been in love as suchAlthough I liked a few folk pretty wellLove must be vaster than my smiles or touchfor brave men died and e...more

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He had kissed her good night that night, and she had tasted like strawberry daiquiris, and he had never wanted to kiss anyone else again.

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...Minnesota, Wisconsin, all around there... has the kind of women I liked when I was younger. Pale-skinned and blue-eyed, hair so fair it's almost wh...more

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For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel.

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There are three things, and three things only, that can lift the pain of mortality and ease the ravages of life,” said Spider. “These things are wine,...more

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They were kissing. Put like that, and you could be forgiven for presuming that this was a normal kiss, all lips and skin and possibly even a little to...more

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It always rains on the unloved-wet dreams-a fishing expedition-she kisses wyverns (the disneyland analogy)-dinner etiquette and chocolate lovers-desir...more

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And he said that wasn’t brave of him, doing that, just standing there and being stung,’ said Coraline to the cat. ‘It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t s...more